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Joost van der Westhuizen Stem Cell Treatment. Aside from Peyton Manning and Bartolo Colon, another sportsman who underwent stem cell therapy to cure a health condition is South African rugby union star Joost van der Westhuizen.
Who is Joost van der Westhuizen?
Joost is a rugby union player from Pretoria, South Africa who is considered as one of the greatest half-backs of all time. He retired in 2003 and was inducted to the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2007.
Ethan Zohn Stem Cell Treatment. Our list of celebrities who underwent stem cell treatment continues to grow and the latest addition is Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn. The football player-turned-reality-TV star was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma. [See more Celebrity Stem Cell Therapy.]
He had chemotherapy but his cancer returned and so, last February, he decided to try a novel treatment procedure that includes stem cell transplant with donor stem cells from his brother, Lee, who was a match.